Hoping you are enjoying our home business tips series for individuals looking at starting a home business or the entrepreneurs actively operating one. In the first article, it was mentioned how we can use hardware that enables us to work our business from anywhere in the house and even tools that allow us to work when we’re away, but by no means should that undermine the importance of having an office (or work designated space) in our home. A home based business does imply having a home office. To the same extent we have specific rooms in our homes for eating, cooking and sleeping, a space does need to be delimited for working. Even if we may not choose to work from there all the time, it’s important to have an anchor point for your business; you may want to view it as “Corporate Head Office”. You may decide to work from remote offices such as the patio, the hammock, the gazebo, the hotel room or the pool chair at your favorite Waikiki beach resort but in the end you will always need to come back and re-group in the home office – Corporate Headquarters.

While it is quite possible to have a paperless home office should you choose to, there’s always going to be some sort of paper even if you’re not the one generating it. You will have to start maintaining a filing system so piles of notes, advertising sketches, financial statements and the likes do not start piling on your desk.

The home office is also the area you can revert to when you need peace and quiet when other areas of your home are busy with sounds of playful youngsters, teen music, TV sports games or barking dogs. While those sounds are very natural to the home environment, they are also distracting to the work at hand. There are times when you need to focus your attention on a specific matter, think strategically or carry out a phone conversation and you need a place that will allow you to do so.

For that reason, you are best advised to tailor that area so it reflects your personality. You want to feel comfortable, well equipped and productive. Keep an organized and clean desk. Have all your office supplies placed for quick access. A desk can clutter easily so always remind yourself frequently that a desk is not a storage area but a work area. Your work area should feel spacious and not cramped. When you sit at your desk you should not have to move or remove piles of paper in order to find a place to work. Do not allow piles to form and when the day is over, clean up your desk so it’s ready and fresh for the next use.

If at all possible, choose a room that has a window so you can have daylight and fresh air come into your office. Fresh air will oxygenate your office so your brain can think clearly and you don’t feel sluggish. The sunlight brings you vitamins, brightens your day and makes the room alive. Add to that some favorite colors to accent your room and you’re set. While some may go as far as painting the walls to their liking, there are other alternatives. Put up colorful pictures on the walls, post your life vision, print your favorite quotes on colored paper and stick them to the walls at random angles, post your life goals and you might also want to frame some pictures of the important people in your life. All these will quickly fill up your wall space and pretty soon the color of your walls won’t even matter. It will make your work environment vibrant, warm, comfortable and conducive to the empowering thoughts you need when you revert to your work alcove.

Plants and animal life are also a good idea. Plants will create oxygen during daytime while their color and appearance will make the place alive. A fish tank is another source of light, it brings busy aquatic life to your room and creates a soothing effect.

Another area of your office should be devoted to your personal and business development library. A considerable amount of time need to be devoted to your development and if you do not have a library in the works already, it’s time you start one. But that will be for another article. In the mean time, put your construction hat and work boots on, you have an office to design; an anchor to set, a Corporate Headquarters to establish. See you in the boardroom!

If you are researching and evaluating the multiple options available to you to build your own home-based internet marketing business, it is imperative that you identify the quality characteristics of the options available to you.

In this article, a headline review will be given on two of the most respected internet marketing products available today. Both of these products are geared, structured and sold to enable the home-based internet entrepreneur to make money online. This comparison review features YourNetBiz, a premium and multi-layered product package and that of Maverick Money Makers, an exclusive coaching club geared towards affiliate marketing.

Firstly pricing of these internet marketing products is recognized as being at opposite ends of the pricing scale. There are, naturally, specific benefits of each of these product systems which enable the internet marketing entrepreneur to select an appropriate system to match their needs and budget. The Maverick programme is available for a monthly fee of around £40 and for this you have access to a comprehensive training and tutorial library, multiple suggestions, recommendations for affiliate marketing and regular email updates from Mack Micheals, the founder. Once you have purchased the monthly access to the marketing system, you immediately sign up to become an affiliate and can generate a recurring monthly fee for every new membership that you successfully convert.

The YourNetBiz system is significantly more comprehensive and has four internet marketing product packages ranging in price from around £300 to £1800 one time payment. In addition to this one time payment, you will be required to set up a monthly paid account with a hosting and payment management system. These combined costs can be as low as £20 per month, or double that for premium services.

The core offer of both of these internet marketing systems is training and practical learning about how to make money online. Within the Maverick programme, there are literally hundreds of hours of training tutorials, recorded both in audio and video. There is a 24 hour live customer support line enabling issues to be dealt with on an immediate basis. This system provides a very sound initial introduction into the world of internet marketing and how to make money online.

The YourNetBiz internet marketing system is also prolific in its provision of training materials and resources. One significant difference to acknowledge is that the YourNetBiz product suite is sold directly by existing members who then act as mentors, coaches and training guides to ensure that new members quickly learn the strategies of internet marketing and how to make money online. Within the YourNetBiz premium package, members have access to an exclusive and world-class travel club providing vacation solutions to destinations around the world.

One additional differentiator is that the YourNetBiz product system has pre-selected a range of digital, informational and personal development products which are exclusively available to all members for retail either as affiliate resale rights, arrangements or private label rights for personal branding.

Perhaps the most significant difference between Maverick Money Makers and YourNetBiz is the earnings potential and commission structure which relates to the sale of YourNetBiz product packages. As the unit volume required to make a significant income with Maverick is extremely high, so it will take a considerable amount of planning, preparation and effort to generate a sizeable monthly income. With the YourNetBiz package, as the unit values for the premium products are higher, so the commissions earned per sale range between £200 and £1200 depending upon product level. So for successful internet marketing entrepreneurs who can convert sales of the YourNetBiz product suite, the monthly earnings can quickly grow to exciting levels.

John Smith had left school two years ago, and was already working as a trainee manager in a large supermarket chain. He could have gone to university, but developed a taste for the commercial world during his part time work, while still at school. He was fortunate to get a couple of relieving opportunities, while supermarket managers were on leave. That was all very well, but not the level he was aspiring to achieve. John Smith had left school two years ago, and was already working as a trainee manager in a large supermarket chain. He could have gone to university, but developed a taste for the commercial world during his part time work, while still at school. He was fortunate to get a couple of relieving opportunities, while supermarket managers were on leave. That was all very well, but not the level he was aspiring to achieve.

John had exceptional PR skills, and loved travelling and meeting new people, but just could not see enough creative potential in the supermarket field. His dream, or desired outcome in life, was to have a more creative role, important and challenging, but not too routine. He knew it was important to have a good track record, so he always tried his best at whatever duties he was given. In his mental plan, these were the stepping stones to his goal. Even though his dream may not materialise for months or years, it was essential to maintain that inspiration, by learning as much as he could. John was still doing management courses, which his employers provided, and he was always talking to sales reps, or anyone he could find with management experience.

One day a position was advertised with a large company that supplied over twelve hundred items to supermarkets. It was a kind of marketing manager and PR role combined. It required looking after visiting company personnel, both socially, and attracting their business.

John knew he would love this job, but it looked a bit out of reach, with his limited experience at the age of twenty one. He was excited though, because it fitted in perfectly with his mental image that he had stored. That was the detailed picture of his goal that he had clearly saved in his deep memory, and would recall frequently, to keep himself motivated.

Now it was time to do some profound lateral thinking, something which his father was good at ( me ). He knew of one chap he had met a couple of times, that once worked for the company that had placed this ad. John contacted him, and arranged a time to meet. This semi retired chap was very willing to chat and update John with what he thought he should know about the company, in the event of securing an interview.

Well, that did happen, John was one of forty applicants accepted for an interview, except that the other thirty nine all had university degrees. John’s enthusiasm, passion, and knowledge about the company must have impressed them – he got the job.